‘Meri Kirihimete 2025’
…season’s greetings, meri kirihimete and a happy new year to one and all!
the view in the xmas postcard is of rangitoto island from st. heliers beach in auckland on a still morning. the pohutukawa flowers bloom brilliant red to mark the summer season…
‘Matted II’
…a tousled tapestry – intertwined aerial roots of a pohutukawa tree…
‘Matted’
…intertwined fibres – the aerial roots of a pohutukawa tree…
‘Kaleidoscope 6’
…pohutukawa bloom, christmas soon…
‘Pohutukawa Rising’
…summer’s red ascent…
‘Kaleidoscope 5’
…i confess to being a bit tired and distracted as a long and busy year draws to a close.
have found myself, as may be apparent from recent posts, faffing with a kaleidoscope-creating app. bit of fun though!
i am trying to create a digital xmas card to send to some family and friends, using the wonderful, flowering pohutukawa tree as my theme. the draft designs are being posted here – i do hope you enjoy them!
and, if you are feeling similarly tired right now, i hope you get to take it easy where possible and have a little serenity in your December days…
‘Kaleidoscope 3’
…the pohutukawa begins to bloom; christmas is coming; the year will draw full circle…
‘Pohutukawa: In Green’
…a green tint for a favourite tree, dangling aerial roots on display…
‘Meri Kirihimete/ Merry Christmas’
Christmas greetings to you all from Aotearoa/ New Zealand!
I wish you peace and happiness.
Thank you to all that have stopped by Ebb Then Flood during 2023 , and who also inspired me through their own creative endeavours on Word Press . You help make this blogging journey worthwhile!
‘Crown Of Rubies’
I have recently posted a couple of other photos of Pohutukawa trees in full and radiant bloom.
Have another!
Personally, I can’t get enough of the sight which epitomises summer for many New Zealanders.
Uplifting!
‘Pohutukawa Buds: Summer’s Arrival’
In Aotearoa/ New Zealand, it’s heating up! The buds pictured above will become the brilliant red flowers of the Pohutukawa ( the “NZ Christmas Tree”) shown below.
The earlier the blooms come, the better the summer, supposedly.
Can’t wait!
‘Pohutukawa Blooms Red!’
Pohutukawa – ‘New Zealand Christmas Tree‘
‘Pohutukawa Reverie’
‘Summer Crowns’
vivid red crowns
mark summer’s ascension
to its deep southern throne
‘Pohutukawa Impressions’
( a re-blog of a 2020 post to give you an idea of the “New Zealand Christmas Tree” mentioned in the previous post , if you have not seen one in full bloom)
‘Here Comes The Summer’
Summer is coming to Aotearoa/New Zealand.
I know this not just because the weather is getting warmer,or that Labour Weekend has just passed.
But because the creamy flower buds are appearing on the pohutukawa trees.
Soon the trees will be awash with crimson bloom.
And summer will be here.
‘Through The Vee’
‘Back To The Hanging Tree’
I think of it as ‘the hanging tree’ in my mind.
Not that people have swung in death from the branches of this particular pohutukawa tree (or I hope not anyway).
Rather, it is the impressive grouping of dangling aerial roots that provides the name I have for the tree that I return to regularly.
However, when the sun goes down, and in a wind, there is something spectral and eerie about the fibrous growths as they sway…
‘Pohutukawa Branches & Sea’
New Zealand ends daylight saving hours this weekend, as the northern part of the country basks in glorious sunshine and the weight of Covid-19 diminishes the glow without totally extinguishing it.
So, the daylight hours “saved” will now be “lost” again!
If daylight itself cannot be preserved it leads me to wonder exactly just what can be saved right now.
I’ll settle for saving my sanity and, in doing so, remind myself that you can’t save everything and everyone, not even yourself sometimes. You can just do the next right thing, whatever it is, for yourself and others, in any given moment and then keep doing so in those that follow…
Meanwhile, I will make the most of the fading warmth and light of autumn. It is still my favourite time of year in my neck of the woods. The picture above was taken on a gentle coastal walk yesterday.
Stay safe, if not saved, people!
ebb then flood 